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Today the new Nvidia GeForce 260 GTX and 280 GTX were reviewed by many sites. It's an interesting launch because both cards are simply single cards unlike the recent GeForce 9800 GX2. These new cards may be new and powerful but they are being directly compared to dual GPU cards, and most importantly, SLI setups.
When compared to SLI setups the new GeForce 280 GTX is overpriced and heavily disappointing. The 260 GTX is a good card when considering price to performance ratios but again is eclipsed by an 8800 GT SLI setup that is cheaper.
So on one hand we have the most powerful single GPU videocards ever released coming out today, but on the other hand we must compare them to SLI setups since SLI is so cheap these days.
Bottom line: the guide will be updated tomorrow when they launch officially but expect some notes in the guide about how these cards compare to SLI capable PCs. If your PC handles SLI, you can't beat a pair of 8800 GTs...this has been proven tenfold with the review of these new GeForces.
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